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Show PET MICE A NEW PAD. V.rlrolor.J llotl.nl. lulo T.k.n tip by KnalUta Hod. If Uoia.n. According to high London authority It Is now strictly correct for aoclety women to laylih their affection on tho llttlo animal which la generally up-poaed up-poaed to be the terror ot tha female sex. Tho society mouse has many pleasing shades, from whlto puro as anov, to glossy black, gleaming like coal. At tho meeting ot tbo Mvdway Fanciers' association, held In the ancient an-cient city ot Hocbctter recently, this new pet reached hla highest popularity and met with universal admiration. There wero 117 ot tha protty little creature crea-ture on exhibition, and the favorite and chief prlxa winner, pura whlto all ovor, excepting the eye, which wore two llttlo beads ot brilliant black, was the property ot Mm. Ocorgo Atlee of Itoyston, Herts. Inhibitors came from Scotland, Ireland, Wales and all parts of Kngland. The colors of tho pretty little animals the mouse ran no longer lon-ger be classified as vermin were black, fawn, chocolate, white, cream, Dutch marked, variegated, tortols and white, tricolor, lable, golden agouti, silver gray black and tan, and blue. In form, appearance and manner they reaembled a collection of diminutive fancy tarns rabbits. One of the originators orig-inators ot the llrltlsh National Moute club was Mr. Cockburn Dlckenton, the "misting belrees," whoto myiterlou disappearance was a nine days' sensation sensa-tion for the papers a year or so back. The whereabouts ot Miss Dickenson was never traced, and the club has preserved, stuffed In a glass use, her moute, "Champion Queenle," with which ahe was the first winner ot the club championship cup. |
